Port 8474AquaMinds NoteShare

Port assigned to AquaMinds NoteShare, a collaborative note-sharing application.

transport: tcp · udp
in transit: cleartext
assignment: official
risk: 1/10
lookups: 0

Technical Details

what runs on :8474

AquaMinds NoteShare is registered on port :8474 over tcp and udp to Michael McNabb, assigned October 2005. We don't have a technical write-up for it beyond the IANA registry entry.

In nmap's internet-wide scan data this port is found open rarely. What's listening is often not the registered service, so check before you assume.

find what's listening on :8474

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -tulpn 'sport = :8474'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :8474

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :8474

another host

nmap -sV -p T:8474 <host>
sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:8474 <host>

run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.

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Security Information

exposure of :8474

risk score

1/ 10safe

routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.

in transit

cleartext

credentials and payloads are readable by anyone on path

assignment

official

registered with iana for this service — scanners fingerprint it by number

reachable over

tcp · udp

udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite

security overview

no security notes recorded for :8474 yet

known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :8474
service: AquaMinds NoteShare
transport: TCPUDP
encryption: cleartext
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: uncategorised
usage: The TCP and UDP service name noteshare is assigned to AquaMinds NoteShare. IANA lists Michael McNabb as the registrant; the service is rarely observed exposed on the public internet.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-09-14
updated: 2026-09-14
references: IANA service name registry — port 8474

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 8474. Every field on it is editable — change what's wrong, say how you know, and a reviewer publishes it, usually within a minute. Last touched 2026-09-14.

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ports registered around :8474, by lookups.

port	service	proto	category	risk	views
:8484	MapleStory	TCPUDP	Gaming	caution	15.6k
:8500	ColdFusion Server	TCP	Web Services	caution	15.3k
:8443	Plesk/Tomcat SSL	TCPtls	Web Services	caution	14.2k
:8442	CyBro A-bus	TCPUDP	Network Services	caution	11.6k
:8501	DukesterX	TCP	File Transfer	caution	5.0k
:8472	Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV)	TCPUDP	Network Services	risk	0
:8471	PIM over Reliable Transport	TCPSCTP	Network Services	caution	0
:8530	WSUS	TCP	Security	risk	0

risk mix of the 8 listed

caution75%
risk25%

1 of 8 encrypted

Port :8474AquaMinds NoteShare

Technical Details

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Port 8474AquaMinds NoteShare